Pop/Rock Â» Rock & Roll/Roots Â» Rock & Roll. In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk.
A+E Networks. On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of theUnited Stateswith his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. By this point in the Civil War, it was clear that Lincoln needed to make some preliminary plans for postwar reconstruction.
Proclaimed by Lincoln in 1803; 10 perfect reconstruction plan- a state could reintegrate into the union when 10% of voters in election of 1860 take allegiance oath to United States and pledge to abide by emancipation.